On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Curt Sampson wrote:

> 
> I've had a proposal to add a file like /etc/ftpusers that does the
> inverse:  if it exists, only users listed in that file will be
> allowed to log in via ftp. This seems like a good idea to me, and
> to avoid confusion with the names, I've also had a suggestion that
> we should remove /etc/ftpusers entirely, and have /etc/ftp.deny
> and /etc/ftp.allow files instead.
> 
> Has anyone any comments on this?
> 
I personally would prefer to see the allow/deny structure myself as it would
allow for a bit more clarity and functionality...

rob

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